Roger Alan Cutt, 81, Meniere’s disease researcher, singer, considered Lititz a special place

He was born Aug. 4, 1936, in Rochester, N.Y., to the late Willis and Mary Muckstadt Cutt.

Roger graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1957 and went on to receive his Ph.D. in psychology and physiology from the University of Delaware in 1962. He spent the first part of his career conducting research on hearing and balance disorders at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, and developed one of the first surgical treatments for Meniere’s disease. Roger spent the remainder of his career in various aspects of health care administration.

Roger met his beloved wife, Fay Ober Cutt, while in college. Fay was born and raised in Lititz. Many members of the Ober family still reside in the area. Lititz was a special place for Roger and Fay.

According to family lore, when Roger first saw Fay at a sporting event, he turned to his friend and said, “I just saw the girl I’m going to marry”. Roger made good on that promise a few years later, and he and Fay remained devoted to one another for 59 years.

Roger was blessed with a beautiful singing voice and performed in a variety of productions during high school and college. In his later years, Roger loved singing karaoke, especially during his and Fay’s annual winter trips to Florida.

Roger’s passion in his spare time was gardening. He single-handedly planted and maintained the gardens around the family home, including over 30 prized rose bushes, which were the envy of the neighborhood.